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I STATES PATENT OrrIon.

J OSE GARCIA BADIA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FIBER-CLEANING MACHINE.

sreciemlmen forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,222, dated February 23,1892.

Application filed December 80', 1889, Serial No. 335,305. (No model.) Patented in $pain March 6, 1890, No. 10,456.

To dZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J 0st: GARCIA BADIA, a subject of the King of Spain, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fiber-Cleaning Machines, (for which I have obtained a patent in Spain, dated March 6, 1890, No. 10,456,) of which the following is a specification.

My'invention relates especially to devices employed for cleaning or extracting fiber from plants, and has for its object the provision of a device simple in construction, cheap in manufacture, rapid and automatic in operation, and which will be efficient in practical use. 7

To attain the desired end my invention CO'TlSlSES iuthe construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. v I t i In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my machine. Figs. 2 and 3 are views in detail. Fig. i represents a View of the machine in longitudinal vertical section; and Fig. '5 is a transverse section on the line wzr,fFig. 3.

Like letters of reference wherever they occur indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. 1

Referring again to the drawings, A represents the frame of my machine, preferably constructed of metal and provided with suitable supporting standards. The drum B journaled thereto is provided on its periphery with any suitable number of tools -b-as, for example, hacking-combs or equivalent picking devices or scutching blades or knives or equivalentscraping-tools, or both-and is driven by means of a belt 0, which conveys the power from a counter-shaft (not shown) to a'con'centric pulley rigidly attached to the drum B. y

Mounted on the frame A'are two rolls, the lower one D revolving in fixed journals and the upper roll D being held against the lower one by the engagement with the journal-boxes of the spring-pressed arms D3, pivoted at (Z, each having at its free end aspring cl, the opposite end of which is fastened to the frame A. Inasmuch as the fibrous plants treated vary very much in thickness, I prefer, ordinarily, to use additional supplemental rolls in order to partially crush the plants before they reach the final friction feedrolls D D -as, for example, the roll D which may be placed a short distance above or apart from the roll D, and in cases where it is deemed necessary or desirable still other supplemental rolls may be used, in order that the plants may be gradually crushed flatter".

the belt M, adapted and arranged to move in the same direction as the shaft of the gear D and roll D, said belt M being actuated by means of a connecting-belt M, which runs on two pulleys, one concentric with the outer roll M of the belt M and the other placed upon the shaft of the roll D,the said roll Dreceiving its motive power from the shaft F through the intermediate gear F F The roll D, by

means of the gear D which it carries, com-' muni'cates motion to the rolls D and D through the gear E E, secured, respectivelyto the two said rolls.

Upon the shaft E are rigidly attached two pulleysf f provided with cone-shaped edges, over which are placed two hollow wheels F F rotating on integral sleeves extending from each wheel to the side of the frame F nearest the same, the ends of the sleeve being jour-,

naled in the frame sides, and which sleevesand wheels revolve (being actuated, respect ively, by open and crossed belts G G, passing over pulleys hung on a counter-shaft, not shown) around a shaft F and move laterally with the movable frame F. Upon the said frame F being pushed, as hereinafter set forth,to one side one of the'wheels, as F',will engage with one of the pulleys, as f, .and the shaft F will ccnsequently'be rotated in one direction, and upon the frame F being moved in the opposite direction the other hollow wheel, as F moving laterally with the said frame, will engage with the other pulleyyas f as is clearly shown in Fig. 3,and the shaft F will be rotated in the opposite direction.

The frame F is sustained in a movable relation at the side of the machine-frame A by means of a post A placed near the outer corner of the frame F nearest the drum B and mounted on one of the lower side crosspieces connecting the standards of the frame A, and is also supported by means of the vertical rod F pivoted to the frame A by means of the connecting-bar F rigidly secured to the rod F". This frame F may be actuated by manual means, as by a handle f which serves to turn the vertical rod F pivoted, as stated, to the frame A and connected in a movable relation with the frame F by the bar F rigidly secured to the rod F, a pin or other suitable connecting device serving to attach the frame F and bar F together. This movable frame F may also be actuated by the foot by means of the lever f fulcrumed at f to the lower side of the frame A, which lever also turns the vertical rod F by the short vertical arm F of the said lever, which engages the lateral pin f by means of the lugs f projecting inwardly-from the upper part of the lever-arm F It is obvious that in lieu of the above methods of operating the frame F it may be moved laterally the very short distance required by the use of any other suitable manual or automatic mechanism.

The cross-bar O, projecting from each side of the top of the chute O, is adjustably supported by means of slotted plates A, one placed on each side of frame A and rigidly secured to the same, each of the two slotted plates A engaging with one end of the crossbar 0. The said cross-bar may be caused to approach nearer to or to withdraw from the drum B by manipulating the threaded screws placed on opposite sides of the cross-bar O and working in the ends of the slotted plates A as is clearly shown in the drawings.

The position of the lower portion of the chute O is regulated by means of the threaded rod P, hinged thereto and passing through the cross-rod A supported by the plates A one placed on each side of the lower crosspieces of the frame A, in connection with the nut P and spring P, in the following manner: The resilience of the spring P, coiled around the rod P and placed between the chute O and cross-rod A, tends to keep the lower end of the chute 0 adjacent to the cleaning-tools of the drum B, and by manipulating the nut P working on the threaded rod P, (and placed on the outside of the transverse rod A the end of the chute may be drawn away from and held at any desired distance from the drum B-in consequence of the threaded rod P being gradually drawn through the cross-rod A. The rod P, nut P and spring P may be duplicated, if desired, one set being placed at each side of the chute O.

The operation of parts is as follows: The plants to be cleaned are fed by hand to the rolls by holding them above the belt K. As

soon as one end of the plants are cleaned the parts are reversed by causing the frame F to move laterally in the desired direction and the plants, having had one end operated upon by the drum B, are delivered outwardly by the rolls D D, rotating with a movement contrary to the former one on account of the change of motion of the parts. The plants will now travel over the belt K, which constantly moves in one direction, and passing under the friction-rollsJ J 4 J 5 will reach the top of the belt Mat the time when (the parts having been reversed a second time) the said belt M, which changes its movement with the roll D, is once more traveling in a forward direction and the plants are again fed to the rolls, but now in a reversed position, and the other ends of the same thus cleaned, after which (the parts having been a third time reversed) the cleaned fiber is delivered from the rolls, and passing along the top of the beltM is removed from the machine by the operator or in any other manner desired. At the time, however, that the plants under the belt K are entering the second time in the friction-rolls the tender of the machine manually feeds a new batch to the machine, and thus each lot of plants is successively cleaned.

As it is evident that many slight changes in'the construction and arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that I reserve the right to make such changes, and that What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the cleaning-drum B, of the belt K, rollers J 3 J 4 J reciprocating belt M, and feed-rollers D D, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the cleaning-drum B and chute O, of the rigidly-mounted roll D, spring pressed roll D, and one or more supplementalor crushing rolls, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with thecleaning-drum B and chute O, of the rigidly-mounted roll D, spring-pressed roll D, one or more supplemental or crushing rolls, and the reciprocating belt M, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the cleaning-drum B, of the belt K, rollers J 3 J 4 J reciprocating belt M, feed-rolls D D, and one or more crushing-rolls, substantially as described.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same in the city of New 

